PROFILE
READY FOR ANYTHING
By Kim Kemp | Photos by Kim Kemp
Kencrete Readymix supplies concrete on KwaZulu-Natal’s coastal regions as well as inland.
Kencrete’s head office and main batch plant is situated in Marburg, Port Shepstone, with
additional commercial batch plants situated in Harding, Scottburgh, and Richards Bay.
C
lint Kendall, director and owner
of Kencrete Readymix, says
the company was established
seven years ago after Kendall saw a
gap in the market. That gap has since
decreased with the ready-mix market
becoming saturated with batching
plants springing up like mushrooms on
many construction sites. To maintain
a presence in this highly competitive
sector, Kendall believes that the
differentiator must be around “service
and the ability to supply the demand”.
In addition to the four static batch
plants, Kencrete has five mobile batching
plants situated across KwaZulu-Natal
and into the Eastern Cape. “We go all
over,” he says. This, he believes, is where
the differentiator lies.” We are currently
establishing a mobile plant in Highflats
to supply contractor WBHO for an RDP
housing project,” he adds.
Fleet
Mobile plants cater primarily for large
contracts in rural areas, such as RDP
housing contracts, where Kencrete has
a strong presence. The OEM of choice
for the batch plants is ECEM, a leading
manufacturer of ready-mix batching plants
and one of the leaders of mixer truck
manufacturers in South Africa. Kendall
says this decision was based on his first
encounter with batching plants when he
was working for a company several years
ago. “Word of mouth counts for a lot,” he
comments and adds, “I was working with
the plant, so became used to the OEM’s
equipment and I have always had good
service from them over the years.”
Included in his equipment portfolio are
two Dezzi Equipment 1200 front-loaders,
two 1700s, two 2300s, and one of the
recently launched TLBs, new to the
Dezzi offering.
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Clint Kendall, owner of Kencrete
Readymix, is confident that his small
concern will hold its ground against the
bigger players in the concrete sector.
stand its ground in the highly competitive
environment.
“We are by no means a large company,
but we are able to compete with the big
boys and satisfy all customers, big and
small — all